Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Floor and wall tiling · Rochefort · since 2003
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Grimbergen · since 2020
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Lommel · since 2005
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mixed farming · Braine-le-Comte · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1981
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Ingelmunster · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1980
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Other business support services · Kruisem · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2003
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General construction of residential buildings · La Louvière · since 2015
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Activities of building architects · Asse · since 2017
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Other business support services · Brugge · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Actions sociales d'Angleur et Environs · Liège · since 1985
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General electrical installation work · Ranst · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of C.T. Management · Other non-specialised retail sale · Dalhem · since 1991
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EEMENS · since 2003
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Other building finishing work · Brussel · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Centre d'action sociale "Anastasia" · Schaarbeek · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of KILI. BUSINESS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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Elsene · since 1975
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Waterloo · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of CASA INTERNATIONAL · Retail sale of lighting equipment · Olen · since 1988
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General construction of residential buildings · Maasmechelen · since 2016